SFDF Staff
SFDF has three permanent officials who work together to advise and support FDF
on a broad range of issues and activities.
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Flora McLean, Director of SFDF
Flora was appointed Director of the Scottish Food and Drink Federation (SFDF)
in May 1999, having worked for five years within FDF's Economics and Services
Division in the London head office. SFDF is a devolved division of FDF.
Flora represents SFDF on a number of bodies, including the Executive Group of
Scotland Food and Drink, the new supply chain body; Improve Ltd's Stakeholder
Strategy Group – Improve is the food and drink sector skills council); the Scottish
Food Enforcement Liaison Committee (SFELC), a strategic advisory body to FSA
Scotland; and the Education Food and Drink Partnership's advisory group, which is
working to establish a Scottish Skills Academy. Flora is also Joint Secretary of the
Scottish Parliament's Cross Party Group on Food, a role she shares with Mary
Lawton of the Scottish Consumer Council.
Prior to joining FDF, Flora worked in the Westminster Parliament (House of
Commons) for five years. Flora is a graduate of both Glasgow and Strathclyde
Universities.
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Greg McCracken, Executive
My role in SFDF is to represent and promote the interests of the food and drink
manufacturing industry in Scotland – primarily to the Scottish Government,
Scottish Parliament, FSA Scotland and Scottish Enterprise. I am responsible for
ensuring that members are well informed about developments relating to food and
drink
that may affect their business interests and representing their views on a
range
of
subjects. Areas of work include skills, transport and
infrastructure,
business
growth, sustainable development and health and wellbeing. I also
provide
secretariat services to three SFDF Committees in conjunction with my
SFDF
colleagues.
Joan Creelman, Senior Administrator
My role in SFDF is to provide comprehensive secretarial and administrative
support for Flora McLean, Director of SFDF and Greg McCracken, SFDF Executive. I
routinely compose the Director and Executive's correspondence, maintain a diary of
meetings and organise travel and accommodation arrangements.
My role also requires me to organise and co-ordinate arrangements for internal
and external events such as SFDF Members' Forum and Suppliers' Forum and the
organisation of SFDF's annual joint Symposium and Parliamentary Reception. I attend
the meetings of the Members' Forum and Suppliers' Forum Meetings and produce
draft
Minutes for both.
On a weekly basis I produce a report of Scottish Government, Scottish
Parliament, FSA Scotland, Scottish Enterprise and Scotland Food and Drink activities of
relevance to the sector for team planning purposes. I upload circulars and
newsletter items to the SFDF website and maintain a database of contact information
to
ensure accurate Committee and other lists.
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Last reviewed: 25 Jun 2008